[Elecraft] securing toroids in K2, why not?

[Jim Campbell]

Reminds me of a story that I heard years ago while on an assignment in 
England.

Seems that the Rolls Royce company didn't have an automatic transmission 
in their cars. Since automatic transmissions were the up-and-coming 
thing they decided that they needed one to offer in the Roolls Royce.  
Rather than design one from scratch they surveyed the field and decided 
that the best of breed was one made by General Motors. They entered into 
an agreement with GM to use theirs.

They took a GM automatic transmission into their shop and tore it down 
completely. They wanted any transmission that was going into a Rolls 
Royce to be top quality, inside and out.  Everything passed muster 
except for one part.  It had a rough surface.  That just wouldn't do so 
they machined the surface to a Rolls Royce standard.  The trouble was 
that when the transmission was assembled it wouldn't work.  They 
contacted GM and found out that the surface in question had to be rough 
or the transmission wouldn't work.

Best to trust the judgment of the design engineers.

72,

Jim - W4BQP
K2 #2268